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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... pathogens - Viral ... #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... high resolution chest ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary infections ... according to CT-scan patterns ... myelodysplastic syndrome ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... changes - Common pattern ... Coxsackie, HIV, CMV, EBV ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... diagnosis #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
mental status • Visual ... may precede the neurologic ... Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Reversible course Differential ... Diagnosis: • Infection
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... change, seizures, visual ... subcortical white matter ... effect/Edema • EBV ... #differential #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Klebsiella oxytoca • Viral ... : Secondary to infections ... (HPV, EBV), Renal ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... Renal #Transplant #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Melioidosis - Nocardia VIRAL ... Viruses (HSV, EBV ... ) - Rabies - Eastern ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... virus • CMV • EBV ... encephalitis, eastern ... rav7ks #CNS #Infections ... diagnosis #neurology